ARAUJO Lucia

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
2	Women -57 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
2	Women -57 kg	2012	London, GBR
9	Women -63 kg	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
2	Women -57 kg	2010	Antalya, TUR
3	Women -57 kg	2014	Colorado Springs, CO, USA
9	Women -63 kg	2018	Odivelas, POR

Athlete

Husband Helder Maciel Araujo, daughter Ana Clara

Portuguese, Spanish

Centro de Emancipacao Social e Esportiva de Cegos [Sao Paulo, BRA]

Her husband Helder Maciel Araujo has also competed in Para judo and represented Brazil at the Paralympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2008. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 May 2021; paralympic.org, 01 Jan 2001)

She took up able-bodied judo in 1996 at age 15 at the Associacao de Judo Kimura club in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She first tried Para judo in 2006 following a six-year break from the sport. (luciaaraujojudo.com.br, 01 Jan 2021; cpb.org.br, 01 Jun 2019)

"I went to judo with my brothers at first and I was raised as if I had no visual impairment. Then I started to work and study and had to quit. However, in 2006 I got into Para Judo. I met a blind athlete, Renata, who did goalball, and she showed me a different world, she showed me I could do anything. I went to the national championships that year to see how far I would be able to go and ended up as champion." (luciaaraujojudo.com.br, 11 Sep 2016; luciaaraujojudo.com.br, 01 Jul 2015)

Brazilians judokas Rogerio Sampaio and Aurelio Miguel, Brazilian Para judoka Antonio Tenorio. (rededoesporte.gov.br, 12 Aug 2015)

Her husband Helder and daughter Ana Clara. (Athlete, 20 Jul 2016)

"If you want something and stop halfway, you never really wanted it." (Athlete, 01 Apr 2016)